Improvement in drag-rakes



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N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHGGRAPHEH, WASHINGTON. D12.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. HAOKETT, OF NORTH TUNBRIDGE, ASSIGN OR TO HIMSELF AND WALLACE V. SWAN, OF TUNBRIDGE, VERMONT.

IMPROVEMENT IN Vorme-RAKES.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 98,954, dated January 18, 1570.

'and Improved Drag-Rake; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

p exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rake, showing my improved fastening attached thereto. Fig. 2 isa vertical sectional view on the line x w of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 3/ y of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in each of the figures.

This invention relates to drag-rakes; and it has for its object to provide a durable and substantial mode of attaching the handle to the head of the rake; and to this end my invention consists in the construction of its fastenings and their combination with the handle and head of the rake, as will be more fully hereinafter described.

In the drawings annexed, and forming part of this specication, A is the handle, c c c is the ground, while d d are the upright teeth, said upright teeth being combined with the head-beam for the purpose of affording a rake having the capacity for holding a greater quantity of hay and the like.

D is a metal plate, having flanges partly encircling the handle A, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. This metal plate is cast or otherwise firmly secured to the head-piece E, to which is soldered or cast the rivet or screw F. Thus it will be seen that the whole fastening may be constructed in one piece.

The advantage I claim is that with my improved fastening a more durable and substantial rake is made than has heretofore been presented to the public.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

The metallic fastening D E F, constructed and combined with the handle and head of the rake, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

Signed at North Tunbridge this 26th day of October, 1869.

GEORGE H. HAOKETT Vitnesses:

J. M. WHITNEY, Jas. A. WHITNEY. 

